Xbox One Launch Details And Premium “Day One” Bundle Announced

Xbox One is launching this November in 21 different markets, Microsoft announced this morning. Here’s what’s going to be inside each box:

Xbox One console with 500GB hard drive

Blu-ray drive and Wi-Fi included in console

Kinect peripheral

Xbox One Wireless Controller

Free 14-day trial of Xbox Live Gold

The Xbox One launch bundle will be available for $499.99 in the U.S., £429 (GBP) in the U.K. and €499 (EUR) in European markets.

Microsoft are also introducing a limited edition commemorative bundle for those that reserve the system at major retailers. This system will be available awhile supplies last and will guarantee a purchase on day one. It will come in premium black packaging with a limited edition Xbox One Day One wireless controller.

Also included in the commemorative bundle will be an exclusive “Day One” achievement, as well as bonus items for various Xbox One games. Details on this content are as follows:

Ryse: Son of Rome – Exclusive multiplayer map and sword with bonus attributes.

Forza Motorsport 5 – Access to four cars tuned to the top of their class.

I was going to comment on why Blu-Ray and Wi-Fi seem to be listed as if they were peripherals, but…

“an exclusive “Day One” achievement,”

Oh, god, no. What is this madness!?

TheExile285

Madness? No, THIS IS MICRO$OFT!!!

Zonic505

Just wait, they’ll confirm that you get one based on which retailer you buy it from.

British_Otaku

The bane of OCD, must 100% everything players everywhere.
Time/location/multiplayer achievements have always been something, now a reward for guaranteeing Microsoft your mon£y… >_>

I guess it could be effective, even if it isn’t going to please anyone who wants to collect achievements and joins the Xbox One party late, doesn’t know about the exclusive deal, isn’t in the specific region where stores have it or can’t afford it immediately…

myausicz

lol, i guess cheaper version doesn’t have blu-ray and wifi :P

TheExile285

Only 2 weeks for the XBLG trial? Too cheap to just make it a month, MS?

Keima88

Huh no games included? What the heck…
Ooh whats the prices going to be of the next gen games ? 60 bucks/euros?

kool_cid414

I predict 70 now I wouldn’t put it past them.

KonjikinoSora

Sony confirmed that the maximum price for PS4 games in the US will be $60. You shouldn’t even care about how much Xbox One games are going to be, though.

Keima88

Thats why I said next gen games :P
My care level about the xbox one is about the same level as an annoying neighbour who cant be ignored but cant help to tolerate.

Testsubject909

Amusing. Someone in the Open Thread has that problem right now..

DesmaX

Poor Archievement Hunters…

Testsubject909

If they really want that… The they should move to Steam.

Abandon ship. The 360 had a good run, but a digital score is not worth the worsening of the future of gaming.

The Watcher

haha i would never Steam. over 250k just to Abandon ship? no no no, not in my house.

Mozendo

I wouldn’t recommend Steam since not all games have achievements including new ones.

Aquarius

*facepalm*

You do know Steam has been using the same (if not even worse) methods of DRM for years right? i.e. You can’t even start Steam sometimes without having an internet connection if you didn’t closed Steam in Offline Mode beforehand.

So suggesting Steam is better for achievements is not a very smart thing to say my friend.

Raltrios

I’m interested in hearing their opinions on this. Burnie’s probably keeping them quiet for now, which is a smart move considering how influential Rooster Teeth is now as a company. They won’t be able to start bashing their patron system’s new successor without it having severe repercussions.

I thought MS would have learned from Sony’s mistake when they released the PS3 at a similar price point, but then again it looks like listening to anyone but themselves is out dated now.

TheExile285

I think MS thinks they may have enough loyal fans for this to work and unfortunately they may be right. We’ll see what happens.

FetusZero

Sony thought the exact same thing though.. and we all saw what happened then. I’m actually hoping the same happens to Microsoft and that Sony has learned from their mistake (and from Microsoft’s disgusting restrictions).

http://LevelUpGeneration.blogspot.com/ KALiverin

Wow! A Day One achievement?! Now I HAVE to buy the console!!!

Thanks Microsoft for making me poor this holiday :(

Vesperion

Whatever happened to one month trials?

TheExile285

Xbone happened

myausicz

yep, xboned

Pockystix

Two weeks?

that’s far too much time M$, you should give people 24 hours before you ask to see their wallets!

I have a feeling DLC will be mandatory next gen, it’s the only way to keep $60 games while inflating budgets to stupid proprotions.

Strid

The only way you can think of maybe. Humoring that there is even a necessity to keep up with an “inflating budget”, there are still other ways.

Anime10121

Kinect Peripheral? How can a peripheral be required?

Microsoft I dont think that word means what you think it means.

idrawrobots

I’m sorry but I don’t think you know what peripheral means.

Testsubject909

Xbox Gold huh?

So “No free online multiplayer confirmed” I take it.

You really think there are that many suckers out there who’ll pay any amount you want huh?

… Sadly you’re right…

PoweredByHentai

Paywalled. It worked for MS for this long so this isn’t new.

Sergio Briceño

Sounds like a good deal but… I’ll wait until I hear what PS has to offer on launch. Xbox Live trial doesn’t look so hot considering PSN has always been free, but the achievement would be nice for collectors. The exclusive launch DLC is looking real good, but then again I’ll wait until I hear about any PS4 launch bundles.

Testsubject909

“here’s an achievement so you look the other way while we set up all of your games full of DRM”

Yup… great for collectors.

“Oh and, the games you have, they’re loaned, you don’t technically own them and when the servers will be shut, you’ll permanently lose access to all your loans”

Sergio Briceño

I see how sarcasm and pesimism earns upvotes these days. And here I thought actually commenting on an article was of value. Apparently it’s the opposite.

Seriously though, the Xbox One so far looks like the more restrictive of the two next generation consoles. But if I had a lot of money I think it’s the only one I would get. The Xbox Live+Smart Glass+Illumiroom+Kinect combo seems impossible to beat, but then again not everybody’s got the money to buy a projector and I don’t think most people would anyway considering that for the same amount of cash you could buy an even more powerful PC.

Edit: Sorry for the late edit but I thought I should clear things up so you end up hating the console a little less. You are worried that when the servers shutdown you will lose your games? MS is investing heavily on servers and the cloud and I really don’t see it happening anytime soon (game servers are a different story, but thankfully they are unrelated to ownership authentication). And when they do shutdown it’ll be after the console’s life cycle and since there will no longer be any game servers there will be no service to maintain so it’ll be as simple as giving an update to play offline (it’s been announced as an option for special cases already).

Yes there is the lending/selling games issue for third party games. But rest assured, you buy it, you play for many many years.

Aquarius

Don’t even bother on reading Testsubject909′s comments. He/she’ll be on any Xbox related article bashing the console like if it were his/her job. Scratch that, I’m pretty sure that’s his job.

I swear I’ve read the same thing from him over and over, we get you hate the console, so, cry a river, build a bridge and get over it.

http://takopako.tumblr.com takopako

fairly off topic and probably late, but:

since the XboxOne is using a bluray player, does that mean that sony will make money off of it?

mirumu

Yes. Last I recall it was about $10 per player, and Sony, Phillips and Panasonic all got a cut.

shuyai

sorry but this is obligatory

why the fick does UK cost so much more!! i mean $500 = £320, lets use that price which already include US tax and add 20% Vat and the price is till only £384, ok i can still tolerate if it rounded up to £400 but why the fick it cost £430!! Fick you micro$oft, i cant help but think we from europe actually pay more to help lower the console price of US

http://www.facebook.com/aly.hesham.7 Aly Hesham

yup this is obscene…I amnot even in europe and I think they went bonkers with this one.

$500 for a region-locked console that doesn’t let me borrow/lend games and doesn’t let me have a full weekend of gaming at my friend’s place because he doesn’t have internet?

..Really?

Aoshi00

wow, just too much in Euro :(… would’ve been nice if Day One bundle includes a free game of choice (I want Quantum Break, D4, or Crimson Dragon).. wonder what the LE Day 1 controller would look like.. I would prefer a LE Xbox One though, like the Star War/Gears of War 360 systems.. guess those won’t come out until a while..

artemisthemp

Day 1 Xbox One comes with a Achivement worth 1000G point, because it’s a real achievement, that you though the Xbox One was a PS4.

Testsubject909

Wanted to just note it since the video itself was just part 2.

FiReViNcE

Me! I just yesterday paid for my pre-order I made on the May announcement day. I called the retailer, I’m 4th in the que so I’m guaranteed a release day console. So between now and release day I’m just gonna pre-order/pay for all the release day games.

FiReViNcE

Thank-you for further confirming my persuasion of thinking the internet isn’t yet completely full of imbecilic cavemen.

FiReViNcE

I wasn’t speaking sarcastically, I was in-fact being genuine. I was very slightly satisfied you deleted your earlier message and thus I tried to compliment your intelligence, however I can in hindsight now see my compliment may have been misplaced; as it went right over your head. Have a nice evening, goodbye.

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